There was a full night of UEFA Europa league action tonight, including matches involving two South Africans.

Anele Ngcongca started for KRC Genk as they got a good 1-0 away win at Dynamo Kyiv.

Dino Ndlovu came on from the bench in the 70th minute for Maccabi Haifa only to see his team concede a minute later as they lost 1-0 to visiting AZ.

Tottenham made light work of Tromsø at White Hart Lane, beating them 3-0 thanks to a brace from Jermaine Defoe and a goal from Christian Eriksen.

Swansea City were too good for ten men Valencia as goals from Wilfried Bony, Michu and Jonathan De Guzman saw the Premier League team get a historical 3-0 away win.

Lazio  beat Legia Warsaw 1-0 at home thanks to a second-half goal from Hernanes, Real Betis and Lyon played to a goalless draw, while Sevilla got a 2-1 away win at Estoril-Praia.

Eintracht Frankurt beat Bordeaux 3-0 at home, with goals from Vaclav Kadlec, Marco Russ and Constant Djakpa, while Pandurli Targu-Jiu lost 1-0 to the visiting FC Dnipro.

SC Zulte Warem and Wigan Athletic played to a goalless draw, as did Maccabi Tel Aviv and Apoel Nicosia, while PSV were beaten at home by Ludogorets Razgrad, 2-0 thanks to goals from Roman Bezjak and Virgil Misidjan.

There was also home defeats for Dinamo Zagreb, as they were beaten 2-1 by FC Chornomorets Odesa, and Standard Liege, who lost by the same score to Esbjerg fB.

FC St Gallen beat Kuban Krasnodar 2-0, while Fiorentina got a 3-0 win at home against Paos de Ferreira.

Jonatan Soriano got a hat-trick as FC Red Bull Salzburg beat Elfsborg 4-0, while NK Maribor lost 5-2 to visiting Rubin Kazan.

Other Results:

PAOK Salonika 2-1 Shakter Karagandy

FC Thun 1-0 SK Rapid Wien

Sheriff Tiraspol 0-0 Anzhi Makhachkala

Vitria Guimares 4-0 HNK Rijeka

Appolon Limassol 1-2 Trabzonspor

SC Freiburg 2-2 Slovan Liberec